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Major Trading Network Bans Zimbabwe Diamonds for Murder, Corruption

BY Dan Macsai | 12-10-2009 | 4:09 PM | INNOVATION

Just as Fast Company published a special report about the murders and corruption in Zimbabwe's Marange Diamond Fields, the world’s largest electronic diamond-trading network banned all mined diamonds from the region, citing severe human right violations.READ MORE›

Blood Diamonds: Images from Zimbabwe's Violent Marange Fields

BY Fast Company Staff | 12-08-2009 | 6:34 PM | ETHONOMICS

What is the cost of the illicit sale of untold millions of dollars' worth of diamonds being smuggled out of Zimbabwe? The transformation of the city Manica and the Marange fields is only the latest manifestation of a corrupt and violent industry. Here is a glimpse at the violence and human rights violations that have resulted.READ MORE›